Thursday, November 17, 2011

The new job...

I love my job. I have been there a little over a month and I truly enjoy it. The past two days I have been at a training with my supervisor at Penn State. It was so much fun!

However (don'tcha just hate that word?), the trend of cutting budgets did not skip our county. During this trip, I learned what I had been fearing for the past few weeks: I wasn't hired to fill the position of community service coordinator...no no, see I was hired to fill a new position entailing the juvenile community service coordinator, the adult community service coordinator and the reentry community service coordinator. In case you missed my point, one person was hired to fill three positions. A grand plan that it is...

I am not stressed about all the upcoming stress. Yes, the program is in need of updated insurance plans (which I understand none of the legal jargon involved). All the processing forms must be merged to fit all three units. Being a newbie, I need to make connections with local organizations for our probationers to work at (and to win the ever dwindling grant money they possess). I need to create a statistical data entry system for all three departments. The summer litter pickup program must make at least double this coming year as it did last. Yada, yada, yada...the list goes on

My job is a big load right now. My to do list will reach far into the next few years. I go without seeing my husband for days. Dylan works overtime every week.

And yet, somehow God shows me the little joys throughout the day. God sustains me. Somehow, I still love my job. Dylan and I spend our little time together wisely. We pray and read the Bible and dream our future dreams together. I love falling asleep alone and waking up in the middle of the night next to someone with a huge grin spilled on my face. I love watching the sun rise and set while driving to and from work everyday. What beautiful blessings God gives...

Current Readings

Desiring God-John Piper

Christy

Psalm 73

When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you

Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand,You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.